Very Big Indie Pitch Hero brawler Battle Bears Heroes wins The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2024
September 20, 2022 Relocation Zynga opens new headquarters in San Mateo The new offices were designed to optimise the company’s hybrid Connected Workplace model
April 6, 2022 Niantic Adds Nzxr Niantic acquires New Zealand-based AR studio NZXR Will become "integral part" of design and development teams for location-based AR titles
March 17, 2022 Time For Fun Tripledot acquires mobile game livestream platform Live Play Mobile Looks to aggressively scale its live bingo game
December 30, 2021 2021 In Review Pocket Gems' Ben Liu on the generational shift towards mobile games Pocket Gems' CEO on 2021's challenges and opportunity
December 8, 2021 The Money Man Amber appoints former Disney and EA exec Roie Chizik as CFO Brings over 20 years of financial expertise
November 23, 2021 Big World Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse Pokemon Go developer now valued at $9 billion
November 16, 2021 Buzzing Drone Racing Arcade launches on Skillz The official game of the Drone Racing League is live
November 15, 2021 Block On Mobile game devs part of blockchain gaming platform Forte's $725 million raise Sea Capital co-led the round
August 24, 2021 Bigger Beast Vungle and Liftoff merge to create end-to-end mobile adtech Consolidation upscales
August 12, 2021 New Strategy Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl and COO Eric Ludwig leave company Both will depart by the end of August
August 11, 2021 "golden Opportunity" Glu Mobile's Vicky Spachis joins Big Run as VP of people operations The hiring of Spachis is the latest in a series of recent appointments
August 3, 2021 Survey Success Pocket Gems drives player engagement with rewarded surveys Pocket Gems partnered with TapResearch to bring a new rewarded format to players which drove engagement and increased average revenue
July 27, 2021 Poc In Mobile "Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups" Pocket Gems' Nihit Sinha advises ways to enter the games industry
July 20, 2021 Home Sweet Home GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event First in-person conference for two years
June 17, 2021 Just For You Moloco launches its personalised ad creative solution Dynamic Creative Optimisation at scale
June 16, 2021 Recruitment Drive Educational games platform Lingokids raises $40 million for expansion Over 30 million families reached weekly
June 15, 2021 Gen Z Crosshairs Vungle acquires JetFuel to boost influencer marketing This is the company's fourth deal in 12 months
June 8, 2021 Panel Smarts PickFu streamlines testing services to provide better feedback Pre-written poll questions speed the process
June 3, 2021 Data Is Power Skillz acquires Aarki for $150 million First move since joining the New York Stock Exchange
May 27, 2021 Krongregational Double Loop raises $8 million for its first game for unconsidered gamers Takes total funding to $10.5 million
May 24, 2021 Tasty Big Run launches Big Cooking, including Skillz integration Includes real-money competitive elements
May 19, 2021 Vertical Integration Vungle's third big acquisition is cloud-based ad creative outfit TreSensa Building out a complete platform
May 6, 2021 Big Deal Zynga acquires adtech outfit Chartboost for $250 million in cash Vertical consolidation happening
April 30, 2021 Strategic Deal Electronic Arts completes acquisition of Glu Mobile for $2.1 billion Adds 800 staff and 15 games
April 29, 2021 Adtech Boom Adtech company Moloco raises more funding at a $1 billion valuation Shinhan GIB led the round
April 14, 2021 Pick Me Up Testing platform PickFu launches PickFu for Games Allowing developers to conduct consumer research
March 9, 2021 International Women's Week "Your career should not fully define your identity," says Popagenda co-founder Geneviève St-Onge Women in Games week continues as Geneviève St-Onge highlights the need for identity.
February 4, 2021 Catch Of The Day Big Run Studios hires former Big Fish Games senior producer Anna Rix Rix's addition marks the expansion of a second development team
December 24, 2020 Asynchronous Or Synchronous Why "2021 will be the year of mobile esports" according to Ryu Games' Nick Contino "I think we’ll see all of the big players jump into the space"
November 16, 2020 Raise Your Game MunkyFun and Zeeppo accepted into N3twork’s $50 million Scale Platform League of War: Mercenaries and Chaos Road get boosted
November 4, 2020 Indie Spotlight HoloVista developer Aconite on why "no game is worth anyone's mental or physical health" We speak to lead producer Meredith Hall as well as co-directors Star St. Germain and Nadya Lev
October 16, 2020 Poc In Mobile Employers need to be "proactive in seeking diversity," says IronSource VP of new business Rujul Patel "I see very few South Asians or other people of colour outside of product and technical roles"
October 13, 2020 Machine Smarts Vungle adapts to post-IDFA era with acquisition of automated UA platform AlgoLift Taking a probabilistic approach
October 12, 2020 Development Aid Two Hands Games joins N3twork's NSP with Champion Strike The programme was launched earlier this year
September 30, 2020 Indie Spotlight Why Temple Gates is digitising board games for a new generation on mobile "Digital board games were not our first bet but they’re the bet that has paid off so far"
September 24, 2020 Stiff Competition Ryu Games is launching its own games tournament platform to compete with Skillz "The growth of this space has been incredibly exciting to watch"
August 5, 2020 Skill Up Transcend Fund leads $5.25 million investment into Big Run Studios Indie has fifth game Big Cooking out soon
May 13, 2020 Better Together Twitter acquires playable ad outfit CrossInstall Building a strong monetisation channel
April 8, 2020 Jetfuel N3twork launches $50 million growth fund to scale tomorrow’s hit mobile games Get 10,000 ad campaign for free
March 20, 2020 Summer In The City GDC moved to three-day event in Summer 2020 Set to take place from August 4th to 6th in California
March 12, 2020 "minimise The Risk" Glu Mobile restricts travel for employees and embraces remote working amidst coronavirus Disney Sorcerer's Arena and MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 on schedule
March 9, 2020 Pitch Your Game Applications close NEXT WEEK for the Big Indie Pitch @ San Francisco You have just seven days to sign up for the first Stateside leg of the year for our beloved international pitching competition
March 6, 2020 Event Update on Pocket Gamer Connects 2020 event plans and announcement of new digital conference We stand with our peers and colleagues around the world that have been impacted by the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 2, 2020 Gca Goes Ahead Game Connection America 2020 will still go ahead Offering support to Chinese companies who can't attend
February 27, 2020 "preventative Measures" San Francisco declares "state of emergency" over coronavirus, GDC still going ahead Mayor London Breed made the announcement